The Mets, Cardinals, Rays and White Sox also have been linked to Montas, who undoubtedly would add more significant pieces to the organizational overhaul the A’s began in the offseason.
The A’s aren’t the only team closely monitoring ace right-hander Frankie Montas’ recovery after taking a batted ball off his throwing hand during his last start. Montas reportedly is back on several teams’ trade radars – if he ever really came off since spring training.
The biggest interest appears to be from the New York Mets, who have been without Jacob DeGrom since the start of the season and recently lost co-ace Max Scherzer to a strained oblique. New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer hands the ball to manager Buck Showalter during the sixth inning of the team’s baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in New York. The Cardinals, Rays and White Sox also have been linked to Montas, whose trade undoubtedly would bring back more significant pieces for the organizational overhaul the A’s began in the offseason. There is no reason to think the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants, among others, could be potential suitors, too. The trade deadline is 11 weeks away, but something could easily materialize sooner, especially as injuries have begun to eat away at the rotation depth of several playoff contenders. The Mets sent scouts to watch recent starts by Montas and the Reds’ Tyler Mahle, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman, and they are not alone. But any potential deals figure to be in a holding pattern as the A’s open a three-game series in Seattle tonight because of questions about Montas’ right hand. He was struck on the index and middle fingers while blocking his face from a line drive Saturday against the Angels. X-rays did not reveal any structural damage. Montas came out of the game in Anaheim because he was unable to comfortably throw the baseball. Montas told reporters following the game that his hand was “numb for a little bit” but was feeling “normal” a few hours after he was struck. He added, “Good thing there’s no broken bones.” All indications are that Montas will make his next scheduled start, at home against the Rangers on Thursday. Manager Mark Kotsay told reporters in Seattle that Montas pitched a bullpen session before Monday’s game and there were no complications.Montas has a 3.55 ERA and is averaging nearly 10 strikeouts per nine innings, and has been one of the most consistent starters in the American League the past two seasons. His record this season is just 2-4, but five of his nine starts have been quality starts – at least six innings and three or fewer runs. Montas also has been the victim of the A’s historically bad offense. The A’s have scored three or fewer runs in five of his starts and failed to score at all in three of those. It is a bit of a surprise Montas is still with the A’s, but it’s a near certainty he’ll be gone in the coming weeks. He recently was voted the player most likely to be traded before the August 2 deadline in an anonymous poll of MLB executives by MLB.com. Montas ended last season on a huge roll, going 4-0 with a 1.59 ERA and a WHIP under 1 in his final eight starts, and figured prominently in off-season trade rumors along with A’s stars Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Sean Manaea and Chris Bassitt – who all did get traded. And there is good reason that Montas is an attractive trade target.
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